I wrote this on Twitter last night:
I could add more, but I am not inclined to do so.
News of Alex's death left me genuinely shocked and sad last night, after what had already been an emotional day clearing, with my family, the home of my late father and step-mother. It was a day for many memories. Alex's death added to that feeling.
Condolences to his family, friends and colleagues. They're going to have so much to go through.
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Take it easy – those clearance days are hard.
It’s odd what you find
He has his school reports – which amused us all!
Yes, I found that too.
Free-of-charge prescriptions and free-of-charge tertiary education – he’ll be sorely missed.
I hope some of his spirit imbues his “planB” Alba party.
for those who are interested in his legacy and his ’cause’, this is his 20min interview with Carles Puigdemont – his inaugural Alex Salmond Show on RT
https://www.rt.com/uk/410230-salmond-puigdemont-full-interview/
Despite being, and still being, a member of the S.N.P for many years, I never met Alex. What I do believe is that he was the outstanding Scottish politician of his generation, and while he, like all of us, had human frailties, in the political sense, he was a giant.
He was
And very clever
A politician of rare quality and substance.
The genuine flaws in Scotland’s politics lie with those who tried to pervert the case for independence and personally cast aspersions about Alex Salmond. Those were tested in court and he was acquitted of all claims. I hope a legal reckoning that was pending still happens for those that did this and the ‘flawed’ ones are fully exposed for their actions. Alex Salmond deserves no less.
I tend to agree with that
I did discuss this with Alex, several times
I cannot say more, I suspect
RIP Alex Salmond.
Song.
‘End is in beginning;
And in beginning end:
Death is not loss, nor life winning;
But each and to each is friend.
The hands which give are taking;
And the hands which take bestow:
Always the bough is breaking
Heavy with fruit or snow.’
William Soutar.
Thanks
The London media and Press has covered Salmond’s death more comprehensively than the fly-blown, trivial, un-resourced rubbish, very badly disguised as ‘newspapers’ in Scotland. Even the Scottish media insiders have noticed that the Scottish coverage is abject.
It is a good example of the state of Scotland that Unionism thinks it has “saved” from independence. Scotland is slowly and surely being filleted, and in the 21st century there is nobody at all capable of defending Scotland from its complete defenestration. The illusion that devolution protected the distinctive nature of how Scotland functioned has failed to observe that it is all grace and favour; the British State has extended its reach in Scotland, not reduced it (Section 35 is merely an illustration of the prerogatives now doing things that was never possible before devolution); and there is little of genuine grace or favour, or security for anything in Scotland, in the the tawdry, devious politics of Westminster.
In fairness, the Scottish print media goes to press early
There is no excuse re broadcast media
Early = out of date. It is 2024. They have no point, save to advertise – or propagandise.
He was on the right side, the compassionate side on many issues and unafraid to speak truth to power, even if it made him unpopular with the usual suspects.
I wore an “It’s Scotland’s oil” badge to school every day because of him and, in later years, I watched alex Salmond run rings around the Westminster establishment.
Without him the British establishment TV and newspapers could have completed their brainwashing programme on me and many others. Thank you Alex
A giant in Scottish politics.
I agree with the last
The SNP has never been the same since Mr Salmond left shadow of its former self
I didn’t really like the man, after (as MP for Banff and Buchan) he personally intervened to prevent me, and another Forces dependant who’s parent was stationed at RAF Buchan at the time, from being able to progress in our degree courses at Aberdeen University when student loans were decentralised around 1994-5, since neither of us had been resident in Scotland for the required 5 years. Both of us had missed out on progressing to the third year by falling short on required points in support subjects (maths, in my case), and though the University were prepared to allow us to take a “gap” year to retake the failed tests, we were both informed that we would not qualify for the student loan to cover fees, as it was considered a new application after the gap year, and neither of us or our parents could afford the fees, so that was it. I did manage to complete my degree years later via the Open University, thanks in part to the incredible support I received from the University’s Guidance Team, who supplied evidence of acquired knowledge in order to obtain credit transfer, shortening the time I needed to study by 2-3 years.
That said, he was a dedicated politician in service to Scotland, and I wish his family my condolences